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Verse 1
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As General David Petraeus
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testifies on Capitol Hill
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this week about progress in Iraq,
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his message is clear.
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That nation remains fragile,
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and he will not endorse
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any further withdrawal of troops.
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That means many troops
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will be facing third or even fourth
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They were gone for nearly two years,
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they had been in Bosnia and Sydney.
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Modern day warriors,
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we were soldiers of fortune.
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Rifle powder flowed through
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My ex said that when I dreamed
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I spit out coordinates
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This is for my vets
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Who they ex pect to
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work a 9 -5 for a check
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don't ever let us forget about em
this country wouldn't
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While they rake in their oil revenue
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and they sniff the powder
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We work their banquets,
booger their rolls
and piss the chowder
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But I'll be honest with you,
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Cause 9 -11 happened
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5 months after I enlisted
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I represent the fresh recruit
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18 year old in boot camp
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I represent the people
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trying to get changed for food stamps
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I represent for system children
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Babies depending on drugs
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They still let it get you down,
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Trained for this, they don't know
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you went to the range for this
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Probably not the most
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But you're a soldier,
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you do the jobs they can 't
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The jobs they won't,
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it was you who sur vived them camps
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Cause you're a soldier,
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for every POW and MIA
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that there's more talent in
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our jails in the military
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than there is in the whole
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But most of us all it would have took
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was to meet each other
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But we never had the
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resources to be discovered
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We wait to eat to yes
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until we all come back from Iraq with PTS
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So most of us just stay in and PCS
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a lot of soldiers like white
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cuz it'll be the test. I
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Clean my rifle daily
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and I'm pre pared for attack
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I fell hook line and sinker
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for the snare in the trap if you
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only knew the baggage
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I brought back from Iraq,
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you would un derstand
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This is not about me, this is about we
Us doing basic training,
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Us at the rifle range, us doing P .T.
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Trained to shoot enemies
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before enemies shoot me
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Like it or not, I'm a soldier
don't let them get you down,
you're a soldier
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Trained for this,
they don't know you went to the
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You're a soldier, born, and made
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Probably not the most
sane or well behaved
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But you're a soldier,
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you do the jobs they can't,
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the jobs they won't
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It was you who sur vived them camps
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cause you're a soldier
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For every POW and MIA
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We will never forget that Jesus
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don't let you sit you down
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You're a soldier, trained for this
They don't know you went to
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You're a soldier, born bred and made
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Probably not the most
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But you're a soldier,
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you do the jobs they can't,
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the jobs they won't
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It was you who sur vived them camps
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cause you're a soldier
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For every POW and MIA
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We will never forget that
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you were soldiers
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yeah for anybody who's
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ever put on the uniform
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we'll never forget
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